modutils doesn't build kerneld by default

[scot@…]

This isn't exactly a show stopper, but mosutils doesn't build/install kerneld by default, it must be enabled with ./configure --enable-kerneld

Modutils has always behaved this way and its not "necessary" but kerneld is the daemon you want runnig if you want automatic module insertion and removal.

I jsut started messing with modules (for a slower laptop) and I "discovered" this. kerneld isn't even mentioned in the book at all, and if its not something we want to use by default, we should at least mention it as an alternative ./configure option the same way we do for FHS compliance notes.

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If you want to automatically insert and remove modules when they are needed, you need to build modutils thusly:

./configure --enable-kerneld && make && make install

And don't forget to make a startup script that loadproc /sbin/kerneld

and

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/kerneld /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit/S05kerneld && ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/kerneld /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K98kerneld && ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/kerneld /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K98kerneld && ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/kerneld /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K98kerneld

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I personally think it should be at least built in the default LFS modutils build, and if the user wants to enable it themselves, that's fine...I can't understand why you wouldn't want it started at boot time sometimes. But it should be built.

[gerard@…]

* This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 471 *